Y-fitting



A. J. RANDA April 25, 195oy Y-FITTING Filed Oct. 7, 1948 www2/taz" we Jawa@ a )fav/i7 AQ Wy yf/@102% Patented Apr. 25, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Y-FITTING August J. Randa, Des Moines, Iowa Application October 7, 1948, Serial No. 53,178

1 Claim. 1 v

This invention relates to a Y-iitting and more particularly to a Y-tting incorporated in a 'mixing device to mix two streams of water into one.

At present the basements of most homes are equipped with hot and cold water faucets in order that laundering may be done in the basement. If the tubs to receive the water are re moved from the wall through which the faucets extend, a hose must be attached to the faucets to conduct the water to the tubs. If a mixing of hot and cold water can be effected it is desirable to enter the water into the tubs at the proper temperature.

It is an object of the invention, among others to provide a Y-tting that rubber hoses may be attached directly to male ends on branches of the Y-tting and a fitting attached to the single conduit end of the Y-tting.

It isV another objectvof the invention to provide a mixing device wherein a Y-tting has a single conduit end to receive a fitting attached to a hose to conduct water away from the fitting and hoses attached to branches extending from the single conduit end, said branches presenting male ends to receive the hoses and fittings on the other ends of the hoses attached to the branches.

It is a still further object of the invention to provide a Y-tting in a mixing device that is simple in construction and operation and economical both in construction and operation; a structure that is long lasting; a Y-iitting and mixing device that is easy to assemble and simple in design; a Y-tting and mixing device requiring no special skill on the part of a housewife to assemble on faucets; and a Y-ftting and mixing device that can be supplied at an economical price.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described herewith and will be particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the mixing device including the Y-iitting attached to faucets.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the Y-tting.

Figure 3 shows the mixing device used to connect two flow lines from one source of supply.

Referring rst to Figure 2, a Y-iitting is shown having a single conduit I which is externally screw threaded at 2 to receive a thimble tting 3 attached to one end of a hose 4. The tting has two branches 5 and 6 extending from the single conduit I presenting male ends 1 and 8 to which hoses 9 and IIJ may be attached by metal bands I I and I2 crimped over the hose ends. The hoses 9 and i9 have thimble couplings I3 and Iii on the other ends which thirnble couplings may attach to faucets I5 and I6 as suggested in Figure 1. The faucet I5 may deliver hot water while the faucet IE may deliver cold water.

When the male ends 'I and 8 on the branches 5 and E of the Y-tting are connected to hoses 9 and I9 and the hoses 9 and ID are in turn coupled to faucets i5 and I 6, the structure serves as a mixing device for hot and cold water. The iittings I3 and I4 are screwed on to the faucets I5 and I6 in the well known manner and the faucets then opened. The hose 9 delivers hot water to branch 5 and hose I0 delivers cold water to branch 9. The streams of hot and cold water are united into one stream in the conduit I. The hose 4 may be of any length desired and delivers the water to a tub or tubs spaced from the faucets.

In Figure 3 another hook-up of the Y-tting in a distribution system is shown. The branch 5 with hose 9 connected thereto is connected to a faucet I5. Water is delivered to the Y-tting and is distributed to hose I0 and hose 4, both of which have nozzles on the end thereof. In this set-up two hose lines are available as for watering a vegetable and a lawn at the same time.

It will be understood that the invention has been described for purposes of illustration and explanation and that changes and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the invention; all such modications and changes are intended to be included in the appended claim.

I claim:

A Y-tting comprising a main conduit having a threaded male hose tting formed on one end, and two branch conduits jointly communicating with the other end of said main conduit; said main conduit having a iiuid flow capacity approximately equal to the sum of the iiuid iiow capacities of said branch conduits; said branch conduits each, at its free end, being formed into a male hose fitting that has external alternate smooth ridges and grooves parallel to each other and in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bore of each branch conduit.

AUGUST J. RANDA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 724,129 Schrader Mar. 31, 1903 947,461 Skiff Jan. 25, 1910 1,146,662 Staab July 13, 1915 

